This is why they’ll keep making bad games. They’ve made the bar so low that they don’t even have to make a good game for fans to start complimenting it.
Mirage is honestly my favorite AC, Baghdad is so beautifully detailed & I loved art style, the soundtrack, the story, & just everything about this game.
The reason I bought it a few weeks ago. Seems it’s on sale for quite a while lol. But anyway, it was really enjoyable. Got around 45 hours in the game and finished almost everything, also platinum'ed the game. All I got left to do is to solve the enigmas, but apart from that, I think I did pretty much everything. And it was really enjoyable. Played the first two AC games around ten years ago when I was still a kid and Mirage kinda took me back to old times with the parkour and stealth. So, definitely worth the 25 bucks…
Also on replay, some missions have multiple ways you can carry them out, different ways to infiltrate enemy strongholds. An updated gameplay mechanic from the RPG trilogy is how enemy strongholds tend to have archers, who will prevent Enkidu from being used to scout the location until they are taken out by Basim.
Finished mirage a few weeks ago. It's definitely worth it. The world is absolutely gorgeous, probably top 3 cities ever created for an ac game. The game is consisted of literally almost only assassination missions. You go from one assassination mission to another for almost the entire game so true ac fans will enjoy it. However, because all you do is go from one assassination mission to another the story doesn't really have anything else going on for itself, which makes the story not as great as the older ac games. I was really satisfied with the gameplay, even tho it wasn't perfect. The stealth and combat are really great, however basim's extremely slow assassination animations and the lack of double assassinations don't make the gameplay as fun as it could have really been. As for the parkour, I'd give it a solid 6 or 7. It's not perfect, however the city is so well designed for parkour that it makes up for it. All in all, it's definitely the best game ac game to come out of ubisoft since ac syndicate and definitely worth playing.
i actually just finished a couple days ago! first half of mirage was kind of mid but second half was really enjoyable. love the story and basim as a character. 8.5/10
As someone who has spent 45h in game, did 4 Permadeath runs (out of which 1 was a fail at the final boss battle), I will say. This was definitely one of the best games I've played! It has a lot of things missing but it's still a great game.
I’ve played all of them and i personally really enjoyed mirage the music as well was amazing I even took on the hardcore one life mode to unlock the all black dye that is something the next game should do as well really enjoyed playing with only one life
I’ve been playing AC Mirage for the first time recently and I think it is a great return in the right direction as someone who supports ac no matter what but I truly have been really enjoying this game and think it is a great back to its roots game
Fantastic take. Very thought out. Well done. This was the perfect video for me; I’m debating getting Mirage now that it’s got some decent sales going on. Saw it somewhere for $20. But wasn’t sure. Sounds to me like the developers were listening to the community with this one. Fans said old games, old stealth. We miss that. So this brilliant smaller team designed a combat and gameplay design around filtering your play style into stealth. That three-kill-teleport combo thing is a tool designed for careful planning, reconnaissance, thinning out the heard and then using it to close the gap. In some way I feel like Ubisoft should applauded for listening to the fans who said, quite loud - and I heard it - We Want Stealth AC. And they gave fans that. Smaller - stealth - focused game at cheaper cost
You should play this game, if you really love the OG AC gameplay. But please, wait for a discount. I bought it pre-order and while I don't have legitimate complaints considering it was still cheaper than the previous main titles, I just found the experience lacking in length. And story presentation really needed better voice acting and animations (facial especially). However, I must say that it was really nice to finally play again like an Assassin with all the tools at disposal. I just replayed Unity last week to finish up the Dead Kings DLC and let me just say, Unity's combat system feels so slow. You could see their movements easily before they hit you. You just die from being overwhelmed. In Mirage you can also get overwhelmed by a lot of enemies but it's much snappier so you can respond better. Though I can't feel much of the impact of Basim's sword slashes. I also appreciate having regular eagle vision available, because today I was playing Origins and lacking the regular eagle visions was such a pain. I hate using the birs to tag enemies.
I don't know about others but when I first saw the trailer of mirage, I decided to play it, when I get time and buy the game eventually whether it is 2024 or 2043. Happy gaming and I have lots of hopes and expectations from Shadow.
It‘s a pretty damn good AC game considering they had to work with what’s been established in Valhalla; the stealth mechanic is arguably the best in the franchise, parkour is decent but can be fun at times, and the setting is just perfect. Imagine if Ubi Bordeaux was given enough budget and development time for a proper main AC title
Why does everyone hate assassin focus? I think it’s a cool feature plus I don’t even use it that often but it comes in handy when you have a group of guards.
Solid game that I can recommend to ac fans who have been wanting traditional stealth. Story isn’t anything crazy and open combat is pretty bad but you should be avoiding open combat for most of your play through anyways. Love the permadeath mode and imo I appreciate the shorter length of the game as it can be something I can just replay whenever I feel like without having to commit hundreds of hours.
This game brought back memories of how I would wander around in AC1 and constantly get in fights with guards. Only thing I wish is that they added more counter kill animations. Those were my favorite part of combat in the older games.
I brought it a few months after release and was happy with it. Playing in the setting of Islamic Golden age was amazing! Just wish they made the game a lot more bigger.
Top AC games of all time in my opinion 1. AC 2 2. AC Brotherhood 3. AC 4 4. AC Mirage 5. AC 3 6. AC Unity 7. AC Revelations (While they may have Assassin Creed elements, I don’t fully recognize the RPG’s as AC games).
As someone who has AC Mirage as number 1, I respect this list I think for me it's 1. AC Mirage (mostly for gameplay. Best in the series imo) 2. Unity (extremely close second. Like if it came out completely fixed and worked all the time this wouldn't even be a conversation) 3. Liberation (they shafted Aveline with a short and underwhelming story but I love the idea of a female assassin who uses disguises the way she does. She deserves better) 4. AC1 (it knew what it wanted to be and went for it, story, gameplay, narrative, worldbuilding, it is the reason we are still getting games to this day. Wish the series would return to this level of quality storytelling/narrative focus. And catch ledge/vault mechanic) 5. AC2 (built upon AC1 beautifully. Everything you would want in a sequel) 6. AC ORIGINS
@@matteolefevre9514 hookblade was fine, didn’t really use the bombs and I didn’t like the tower defense. I was perfectly fine with how they did the recruitment and deployment of assassin recruits in Brotherhood.
Pls Ubisoft do not listen to the hate. This game is actually insane if you put the time in to understand the controls. The parkour is fluent and allows for full player freedom if you understand how it works. I think it’s better than Unity’s tbh.
I wanted to buy this, but I saw that RGB light effects when fighting and also that unrealistic lightspeed attacks and dodges. Nah I pass or wait till 90%off
I think the reason there’s no irl scenes in mirage is because it was originally planned as the dlc for Valhalla which don’t include those sequences and Bordeaux didn’t have the resources to add t(at and still make a good game.
I'm enjoying it but I wouldn't recommend it to anybody who wasn't a hardcore fan of the franchise. I find movement in parkour to be a lot jankier than some of the other titles though, but I enjoy just exploring Baghdad and collecting stuff well enough
It’s not just you. You could switch out screenshots from Origins and this and not sure I could tell the difference. Ubisoft is good at this, making these areas seem fresh and new but often can be similar. I wonder what Shadows will look like. That release, will have some of lush Vahalla landscape I believe, maybe with some cherry trees tossed in and other assets.
Atleast I can definitely say, I RESPECT "UBISOFT BORDEAUX" because of how they try to go back to what the fans were asking, even with a Limited budget..
Short answer: Yes. Yes. And yes. Long answer: I just beat it on permadeath mode. I'm on the verge of platinuming it. I'm still discovering and learning to master its systems. From a gameplay perspective, it is my favorite game in the entire series (extremely high praise, considering it used to be Unity/Liberation, which are extremely close seconds) it has the strongest combination of all 3 pillars of Assassin's Creed gameplay (stealth, combat, parkour) though the parkour is modest in comparison to the older games, when you master it you can make it look and feel great. And it's even better now that they buffed side/back ejects. There are youtube guides by Dallin and *Wary Bubbles* (especially Wary) that can teach you how to make it more consistent. For context, I have never played Valhalla, and I genuinely have no desire to. (Never getting his original robes smh)
Did you know you can add subtitles in the built-in subtitles feature in RUclips? Not everyone will want subtitles on, so adding them in part of the video is not a good idea. Especially animating ones which are unnecessary and quite distracting.
The game is definitely my favorite since Syndicate. Stealth, the city, a focus on real History again. Story was OK but the ending blew me away. I also don’t think its a short game. I saw a comment once people saying they beat the game in 8 hours?!? I knew it was BS, the game is meant to be played methodically with stealth and fully explored. I 100%ed it in 55 hours
The first act and third act was great. The second act, which was the major chunk of the game, felt a little flat because they again gave you a choice of which target to go after. While I appreciate the freedom of choice, it comes at the cost of the pacing. The story slows down until you have eliminated all 4 targets.
Me who platinumed it twice.. No.. I'm just kidding! It's good! But my bad opinion is the combat was clunky. I get we aren't supposed to like get into fights and stay in the shadows.. But when I'm dying to the tutorial mentors of all things cause the button layout is confusing (even with tweaking) is where most of my frustration lies. And like some of the button layout is crazy specific so I can't just change the whole combat buttons otherwise it'll heck up the other aspect of the gameplay. My biggest gripe.
People hate on this game for NO REASON ( apart from the combat ) like, the Teleporation ability. You have the option to not use it at all. and honestly its really cool, and useful. This game is just beautiful, with the attention to detail including its Azan. Ive also gotten the Deluxe edition for 30 dollars.
The multiple takedown thing is basically Batman Arkham fear takedown where you could take down like six enemies at once except he just knocked them out, but basim would kill them lol 😂 going from vahalla to mirage was like night day on the scale They’re both beautiful games and I love norse the mythology kinda got lost all the story, but I actually recently went back to go play Valhalla cause I forgot some storyline stuff so I went back to figure out some stuff a little bit better in mirage before I progressed further. - every once in a while, I’ll play the DLC of the Valhalla just to get a different thought process on God of war Ragnarok and the diffrent depictions of Norse mythology but mirage was cool he definitely don’t feel invincible in the beginning, especially
I just want a good unique story for ac. I’m not even concerned about gameplay anymore. Ac stories now have been very meh or at least decent but not ever good. origins is like the only recent ac game that had an engaging and interesting story.
Though I was disappointed with how the story went, I do believe you should play Mirage, even in 2024 to do PermaDeath. Especially since people have been complaining that they want Old School Assassin's Creed back, and this game is exactly that.
One of best assassins creed games in awhile, gameplay was a lot of fun had the best stealth, story was mid and setting was good feels a lot like ac 1 a great return to the roots!
@@darknesswave100 agreed same! That is the way to play. I enjoy the open combat in assassins creed as well don’t get me wrong but if that’s all you want to do there’s better games for that like shadow of war. Assassins creed is the king of stealth
I finally had enough to purchase the game recently only to find that it doesn't run on my laptop. It's annoying really, but I'm not going to refund the game, if I even can do that. I like to support games that do what I want to see, which is what AC Mirage does mostly. The stealth, listening to the community, setting, and story of the game are reasons I decided to purchase the game.
You'll eventually play it when you get a better rig. Mirage performs quite well. Never experienced any crashes with this game (unlike Valhalla, crashed like 10 times).
i got the game when it release and enjoyed the little bit ive played but didnt have time to actually play until a few weeks ago and it had me hooked and at this point it is my favorite game in the series for now so i do recommend playing this year only if you are genuinely interested
@@NajiOnTop good to hear, honestly Valhalla was my first assassins creed that I actually owned and played, I liked the mythological gods and all so I don’t know what to expect with this game
@@imjussleeping If you are still kid that game would be a part of your childhood and you will love it so much Be yourself and don't listen to people who are spamming about Ezio and Ezio family theme they are so annoying Live your own way ☺️✨
Mirage is fun but I can’t say I’ve replayed it at all. The music is really incredible, it’s obvious how much thought was put into the musical aspect of the game.
I would say yes I got it for half off during the Days of Play and it’s probably my current favorite AC gameplay wise simply because it’s the only true Assassin like AC we have on PS5 that runs at 60fps now if the others ran at 60 other than the RPGs then it would be a different story the story was pretty eh tho
After the very dissapointing ac valhalla, sorry, barred door simulator, I hope this one delivers, I was going to begin with the discovery tour and that also was a massive let down, thank god I bought both of them on disscount, and I think I will do the same with shadows, 50 usd for both was not bad, but not full price. Let's see with mirage, at least it has stealth.
It is very unfortunate that it is not available on steam and an Epic/Ubi Connect exklusive. I really want to play at, as it looks aweseome! But since my main driver is my steamdeck these days i really ont want to deal with random other launchers.
Something about this game just couldn’t keep my attention, I honestly have no clue why but I’ve tried to play it 4 separate times now and I usually get to the point where I’ve completed the second investigation quest line and I just lose all interest and desire to keep playing.
I'm glad there is no modern day. After they killed off desmond, shaun and rebecca (no, shaun and rebecca now are not the same people. Fight me.) every modern day has been absolutely DREADFUL
Man i feel like brotherhood was cool as hell , i didnt even care about that first one, yea i played it, beat it But there was nothing to it, kinda husk like in a way, i think it was a physics engine demo type game, not to take away from it, but that second one, was so damn good when it dropped
While Mirage did deliver on the bare minimum feel for an Assassin's Creed game (assassins robes, parkour, killing templars), I feel that it was really far from a "return to roots" and was lacking in so much. The entire section where Basim is training with Roshan always bugs me because the minute he dives into the sea, the next moment, he is a few days into training. A lot of the "training" was basically just a cutscene montage too. I felt the entire thing was a wasted opportunity. Basim was a street thief who believed in justice for those stomped on, I want to know what the Creed and being an assassin means to him. It was all such a waste. Basim also doesn't really learn anything or change as a person (I'm not talking about discovering the ginni loki thingy) The parkour, while a slight improvement from Valhalla and aided by the setting, is by no means a "return to roots". People always say that the parkour should follow Unity's but I beg to differ. Unity's parkour was flashy, but the player control and freedom was terrible. If anything, a true return to roots would have followed the parkour mechanics of AC1-ACR. Then, to improve it, add the flashiness of Unity. As for the story, I felt it was meh at best. Basim's goal is discovering about the Ginni but honestly, I felt that should have been an entire side content/DLC. What made the story of Altair, Ezio and Edward so compelling was discovering what the Creed means to them, what being an assassin means to them, how their lives have changed as a result and how they changed lives as Assassins. Mirage was a perfect opportunity for this as Basim is a street thief. He looks up to the Hidden Ones as people who fight for the oppressed. There are times where he (and Nehal) questions the Creed which I really like, but I wish that had more of an impact and role in the story. Stealth I feel is the only thing I really liked about Mirage. For those who are considering getting Mirage, I feel you will enjoy it if you just like the bare minimum feel of being an Assassin, without caring for good writing (You would prob like Unity or Syndicate too to an extend)
@@AJ-dx6bnI don’t expect it to be in my top tier list but I hope I enjoyed the game as much as RUclipsr MasterAssassin does. And I’m glad it’s not as overwhelming as Odyssey and Valhalla were.
I really don’t understand why everyone says stealth is good in this game when it s actually awful. Enemy AI is dumb af you can assassinate next to them and they wont notice you somehow, they dont hear anything, social stealth didn t work for me, everytime, even tho i was blended in within the group the guards still attacked me. The parkour is janky and slow, i actually enjoyed valhalla parkour more. Mirage’s parkour drives me crazy sometimes with Basim running in place, not finding a place for his hands on buildings wasting time jumping around everywhere but where i want him to
I was really content with Mirage. Easily one of the best AC games we’ve had in a while.
One of the ACTUAL “assassins” creed games we’ve had in awhile
Definitely yeah
pretty low bar though
"game"
This is why they’ll keep making bad games. They’ve made the bar so low that they don’t even have to make a good game for fans to start complimenting it.
Can’t believe this game didn’t get full financial support from Ubisoft yet the studio managed to serve a well put together game.
It's a test for Ubisoft Bordeaux
"well put together"
Finished it yesterday, felt like a good meal. Easily one of my favorites.
Ahh the music is something satisfying
I could say it's the most luxurious music in the whole franchise
Mirage is honestly my favorite AC, Baghdad is so beautifully detailed & I loved art style, the soundtrack, the story, & just everything about this game.
right with you
Without doubt
"dlc"
bruh lol 🧢
should try the original games.
Ubisoft Bordeaux needs to make a thomas de carneillon game
I think/ hope they are making AC1 remake though
FRR, thats what im saying
Fuck yeah! With the unity engine in paris it would be bad ass to have in the fall of the knights templars!
@@matteolefevre9514 I don't know why they're making a black flag remake it still holds up AC1 really needs a remake
I think that time period would be better as a Templar game
It's only $25 in the ps store right now so might as well get it.
The reason I bought it a few weeks ago. Seems it’s on sale for quite a while lol. But anyway, it was really enjoyable. Got around 45 hours in the game and finished almost everything, also platinum'ed the game. All I got left to do is to solve the enigmas, but apart from that, I think I did pretty much everything. And it was really enjoyable. Played the first two AC games around ten years ago when I was still a kid and Mirage kinda took me back to old times with the parkour and stealth. So, definitely worth the 25 bucks…
just got it bro only an hour and 35 min left
$24 AUD from EB Games Black Friday just saw it discounted, grabbed it.
Deluxe edition is only 24€ now, might get it
i also consider to buy it
mirage is top 7 in the series don’t hate me
Don't worry, I see why. It's your opinion, you deserve to have it, after all.
Top 5, the stealth itself is one of the best in the series
It's my personal favorite, so I'm with you
top 7 😂😂
i hate you put it at the bottom
Also on replay, some missions have multiple ways you can carry them out, different ways to infiltrate enemy strongholds.
An updated gameplay mechanic from the RPG trilogy is how enemy strongholds tend to have archers, who will prevent Enkidu from being used to scout the location until they are taken out by Basim.
yea i liked that mechanic but enikidu didnt feel as capable as vahlala
I think it's a pretty good AC game
Closest game to AC2, Brotherhood and Revelations imo.
It's basically root assassin creed game
AC3, 4, Rogue, Unity, and Syndicate were all closer imo 😅
@@proscons6345rogue was amazing
Ac 2 sucks
@@Ronam0451in what way other than being 15 years old?
Finished mirage a few weeks ago. It's definitely worth it. The world is absolutely gorgeous, probably top 3 cities ever created for an ac game. The game is consisted of literally almost only assassination missions. You go from one assassination mission to another for almost the entire game so true ac fans will enjoy it. However, because all you do is go from one assassination mission to another the story doesn't really have anything else going on for itself, which makes the story not as great as the older ac games. I was really satisfied with the gameplay, even tho it wasn't perfect. The stealth and combat are really great, however basim's extremely slow assassination animations and the lack of double assassinations don't make the gameplay as fun as it could have really been. As for the parkour, I'd give it a solid 6 or 7. It's not perfect, however the city is so well designed for parkour that it makes up for it. All in all, it's definitely the best game ac game to come out of ubisoft since ac syndicate and definitely worth playing.
thx fam for the input it makes me more excited to play it
i actually just finished a couple days ago! first half of mirage was kind of mid but second half was really enjoyable. love the story and basim as a character. 8.5/10
As someone who has spent 45h in game, did 4 Permadeath runs (out of which 1 was a fail at the final boss battle), I will say.
This was definitely one of the best games I've played! It has a lot of things missing but it's still a great game.
Mirage is one of my favourite AC games, replaying it right now then I’ll do new game plus.
As a game it think its just okay, but I think Baghdad might be my favorite setting in the whole series.
I’ve played all of them and i personally really enjoyed mirage the music as well was amazing
I even took on the hardcore one life mode to unlock the all black dye that is something the next game should do as well really enjoyed playing with only one life
I’ve been playing AC Mirage for the first time recently and I think it is a great return in the right direction as someone who supports ac no matter what but I truly have been really enjoying this game and think it is a great back to its roots game
Fantastic take. Very thought out. Well done. This was the perfect video for me; I’m debating getting Mirage now that it’s got some decent sales going on. Saw it somewhere for $20. But wasn’t sure.
Sounds to me like the developers were listening to the community with this one. Fans said old games, old stealth. We miss that. So this brilliant smaller team designed a combat and gameplay design around filtering your play style into stealth. That three-kill-teleport combo thing is a tool designed for careful planning, reconnaissance, thinning out the heard and then using it to close the gap.
In some way I feel like Ubisoft should applauded for listening to the fans who said, quite loud - and I heard it - We Want Stealth AC.
And they gave fans that. Smaller - stealth - focused game at cheaper cost
You should play this game, if you really love the OG AC gameplay. But please, wait for a discount. I bought it pre-order and while I don't have legitimate complaints considering it was still cheaper than the previous main titles, I just found the experience lacking in length. And story presentation really needed better voice acting and animations (facial especially).
However, I must say that it was really nice to finally play again like an Assassin with all the tools at disposal. I just replayed Unity last week to finish up the Dead Kings DLC and let me just say, Unity's combat system feels so slow. You could see their movements easily before they hit you. You just die from being overwhelmed. In Mirage you can also get overwhelmed by a lot of enemies but it's much snappier so you can respond better. Though I can't feel much of the impact of Basim's sword slashes. I also appreciate having regular eagle vision available, because today I was playing Origins and lacking the regular eagle visions was such a pain. I hate using the birs to tag enemies.
I don't know about others but when I first saw the trailer of mirage, I decided to play it, when I get time and buy the game eventually whether it is 2024 or 2043. Happy gaming and I have lots of hopes and expectations from Shadow.
I'm really enjoying the game, Doing a full playthrough right now it's my first AC game XD. Really cool and unique. Love how detailed baghdad is.
It‘s a pretty damn good AC game considering they had to work with what’s been established in Valhalla; the stealth mechanic is arguably the best in the franchise, parkour is decent but can be fun at times, and the setting is just perfect. Imagine if Ubi Bordeaux was given enough budget and development time for a proper main AC title
I really liked this game after not liking the last few feels great to play as an assassin.
Why does everyone hate assassin focus? I think it’s a cool feature plus I don’t even use it that often but it comes in handy when you have a group of guards.
Solid game that I can recommend to ac fans who have been wanting traditional stealth. Story isn’t anything crazy and open combat is pretty bad but you should be avoiding open combat for most of your play through anyways. Love the permadeath mode and imo I appreciate the shorter length of the game as it can be something I can just replay whenever I feel like without having to commit hundreds of hours.
Im jumping into it now, satisfys my prince of persia need.
well what this make it special to me its Arabic fully Arabic and im a Arab Guy from Palestine so i get to enjoy it anymore than any other ac game
Ubisoft bordeaux did a decent job despite everything, one more year of development and mirage would have been a great ac
Basim is my favorite assassin and I’m hoping for a sequel for him. Which I’ve heard that they’re planning on making
What you like in Bassim?
Please tell everything
@@NajiOnTop nah too lazy to tell you
@@MirageDeception.
Oh please
It's a great game ain't beat it yet cuz iv been playing origins and odyssey
Black flag was my favorite game of all time odyssey was my favorite kill everybody game and mirage and unity were my favorite stealth games
Mirage is the best true AC experience since AC Unity.
Now I hope they can merge Mirage, Unity and Origins for the perfect game 👌
This game brought back memories of how I would wander around in AC1 and constantly get in fights with guards. Only thing I wish is that they added more counter kill animations. Those were my favorite part of combat in the older games.
I brought it a few months after release and was happy with it. Playing in the setting of Islamic Golden age was amazing! Just wish they made the game a lot more bigger.
I changed the button mapping to be like the og games & it’s so much better
Mirage has my favorite map in the franchise, i just love a middle eastern setting, it just doesn't do anything remarkably unique
i literally bought Mirage months ago, but i am still trying to finish Odyssey... i am really glad Mirage is suppose to be alot smaller.
Top AC games of all time in my opinion
1. AC 2
2. AC Brotherhood
3. AC 4
4. AC Mirage
5. AC 3
6. AC Unity
7. AC Revelations
(While they may have Assassin Creed elements, I don’t fully recognize the RPG’s as AC games).
Putting revelation this low is a crime sir
@@matteolefevre9514 story wise it was good, arguably better than a few above it. But felt the other above it had better gameplay and setting.
@@Connor-8 setting wise yes, gameplay literally adds onto ac 2 and brotherhood, plus the many bombs, hookblade, TOWER DEFENSE ! 🙃
As someone who has AC Mirage as number 1, I respect this list
I think for me it's
1. AC Mirage (mostly for gameplay. Best in the series imo)
2. Unity (extremely close second. Like if it came out completely fixed and worked all the time this wouldn't even be a conversation)
3. Liberation (they shafted Aveline with a short and underwhelming story but I love the idea of a female assassin who uses disguises the way she does. She deserves better)
4. AC1 (it knew what it wanted to be and went for it, story, gameplay, narrative, worldbuilding, it is the reason we are still getting games to this day. Wish the series would return to this level of quality storytelling/narrative focus. And catch ledge/vault mechanic)
5. AC2 (built upon AC1 beautifully. Everything you would want in a sequel)
6. AC ORIGINS
@@matteolefevre9514 hookblade was fine, didn’t really use the bombs and I didn’t like the tower defense. I was perfectly fine with how they did the recruitment and deployment of assassin recruits in Brotherhood.
Pls Ubisoft do not listen to the hate. This game is actually insane if you put the time in to understand the controls. The parkour is fluent and allows for full player freedom if you understand how it works. I think it’s better than Unity’s tbh.
I wanted to buy this, but I saw that RGB light effects when fighting and also that unrealistic lightspeed attacks and dodges. Nah I pass or wait till 90%off
I really love the story and combat and most definitely brings it back to its roots!
Just got the platinum in this game yesterday. I thoroughly enjoyed this game.
Another W vid from the goat.
love the direction. Stealthhh.
I absolutely loved playing Mirage, easily my favorite AC game I’ve played
I think the reason there’s no irl scenes in mirage is because it was originally planned as the dlc for Valhalla which don’t include those sequences and Bordeaux didn’t have the resources to add t(at and still make a good game.
I'm enjoying it but I wouldn't recommend it to anybody who wasn't a hardcore fan of the franchise. I find movement in parkour to be a lot jankier than some of the other titles though, but I enjoy just exploring Baghdad and collecting stuff well enough
Arguably the best AC game since Revalations.
Yes but on sale because really good game but very short
It's the same length as brotherhood
@@AJ-dx6bn for a *2023* AAA open world game that's short
@wezbeh4363 did all side quest and story and finished it in 28 hours
@wezbeh4363 lots of fast travel and no breaks
@@David-nq8cv28 hours is fine. The game was only $40 at launch. Id rather 30-40 hours instead of 400 hours
It’s not just you. You could switch out screenshots from Origins and this and not sure I could tell the difference. Ubisoft is good at this, making these areas seem fresh and new but often can be similar. I wonder what Shadows will look like. That release, will have some of lush Vahalla landscape I believe, maybe with some cherry trees tossed in and other assets.
Atleast I can definitely say, I RESPECT "UBISOFT BORDEAUX" because of how they try to go back to what the fans were asking, even with a Limited budget..
Short answer: Yes. Yes. And yes.
Long answer: I just beat it on permadeath mode. I'm on the verge of platinuming it. I'm still discovering and learning to master its systems. From a gameplay perspective, it is my favorite game in the entire series (extremely high praise, considering it used to be Unity/Liberation, which are extremely close seconds) it has the strongest combination of all 3 pillars of Assassin's Creed gameplay (stealth, combat, parkour) though the parkour is modest in comparison to the older games, when you master it you can make it look and feel great. And it's even better now that they buffed side/back ejects. There are youtube guides by Dallin and *Wary Bubbles* (especially Wary) that can teach you how to make it more consistent.
For context, I have never played Valhalla, and I genuinely have no desire to. (Never getting his original robes smh)
Did you know you can add subtitles in the built-in subtitles feature in RUclips? Not everyone will want subtitles on, so adding them in part of the video is not a good idea. Especially animating ones which are unnecessary and quite distracting.
About the eject problem that sometimes they work and sometimes not instead of using X try using ⭕ (the circle)
I would love to play AC: Mirage but I ain't paying €60 on a game 😭💀
I recommend it: 1. it's 50 not 60 (I know it's a small difference but still)
2. Buy it on sale. It was recently for 5 euros.
@@jakubovec1221 on release it was £40 in The UK, Most AAA games are 60-70, this game is made cheap and I really don't understand why people are so mad
If you keep that mentality, I doubt think you’ll get the chance to play any AC game from the near future
...It costs 50€, and that's why discounts exist, I see it for at least 50% off 90% of the time
bro i got the deluxe version for $29.99 on sale playstation plus
The game is definitely my favorite since Syndicate. Stealth, the city, a focus on real History again. Story was OK but the ending blew me away.
I also don’t think its a short game. I saw a comment once people saying they beat the game in 8 hours?!? I knew it was BS, the game is meant to be played methodically with stealth and fully explored. I 100%ed it in 55 hours
It was good. Plain and simple. Thank god it was shorter than the last 3.
It’s definitely worth a play it’s not a bad game at all honestly it’s refreshing to play a short and sweet game instead of a huge rpg
Bro I swear I be trying to jump in a Hay-bale and basim just jumps right next to it and either jumps to his death or loses a lot of health
The first act and third act was great. The second act, which was the major chunk of the game, felt a little flat because they again gave you a choice of which target to go after. While I appreciate the freedom of choice, it comes at the cost of the pacing. The story slows down until you have eliminated all 4 targets.
As a stand alone game its not my exact favorite but if your playing it as a continuation from valhalla and payed 20 bucks for it, then go for it.
Me who platinumed it twice..
No..
I'm just kidding! It's good!
But my bad opinion is the combat was clunky. I get we aren't supposed to like get into fights and stay in the shadows..
But when I'm dying to the tutorial mentors of all things cause the button layout is confusing (even with tweaking) is where most of my frustration lies.
And like some of the button layout is crazy specific so I can't just change the whole combat buttons otherwise it'll heck up the other aspect of the gameplay. My biggest gripe.
People hate on this game for NO REASON ( apart from the combat )
like, the Teleporation ability. You have the option to not use it at all. and honestly its really cool, and useful.
This game is just beautiful, with the attention to detail including its Azan.
Ive also gotten the Deluxe edition for 30 dollars.
Absolutely. In my top 5.
Valhalla for the budget it had was a bum ass game. Mirage with less budget did more with what they have.
The only bad thing about the stealth is the detection system, the enemies are so stupid
The multiple takedown thing is basically Batman Arkham fear takedown where you could take down like six enemies at once except he just knocked them out, but basim would kill them lol 😂 going from vahalla to mirage was like night day on the scale They’re both beautiful games and I love norse the mythology kinda got lost all the story, but I actually recently went back to go play Valhalla cause I forgot some storyline stuff so I went back to figure out some stuff a little bit better in mirage before I progressed further. - every once in a while, I’ll play the DLC of the Valhalla just to get a different thought process on God of war Ragnarok and the diffrent depictions of Norse mythology but mirage was cool he definitely don’t feel invincible in the beginning, especially
you could pickpocket certain NPC's in Syndicate
Some say hes still killing encamped enemies to this day, they just spawn and keep spawning , HELP
I absolutely loved the stealth, parkour and level design, baghdad wasn’t my favorite though
I just want a good unique story for ac. I’m not even concerned about gameplay anymore. Ac stories now have been very meh or at least decent but not ever good. origins is like the only recent ac game that had an engaging and interesting story.
Mirage was FIRE
I loved it
Though I was disappointed with how the story went, I do believe you should play Mirage, even in 2024 to do PermaDeath. Especially since people have been complaining that they want Old School Assassin's Creed back, and this game is exactly that.
One of best assassins creed games in awhile, gameplay was a lot of fun had the best stealth, story was mid and setting was good feels a lot like ac 1 a great return to the roots!
Agree with everything but you forgot the combat, I wonder why😅
@@matteolefevre9514 you don't want to go full combat as an assassin
@@darknesswave100 agreed same! That is the way to play. I enjoy the open combat in assassins creed as well don’t get me wrong but if that’s all you want to do there’s better games for that like shadow of war. Assassins creed is the king of stealth
Assassin's Creed mirage was sample assassin's Creed game it has some mechanics in their that people recognize
I finally had enough to purchase the game recently only to find that it doesn't run on my laptop. It's annoying really, but I'm not going to refund the game, if I even can do that. I like to support games that do what I want to see, which is what AC Mirage does mostly. The stealth, listening to the community, setting, and story of the game are reasons I decided to purchase the game.
You'll eventually play it when you get a better rig. Mirage performs quite well. Never experienced any crashes with this game (unlike Valhalla, crashed like 10 times).
This part! Voting with your wallet is so important
No offense but the company gets the money, not the people who actually made the game
@@felixgeorgescu2230 well, to an extent yeah, but more sales can show consumers want more of that thing 🤷
@@Reditect I guess you're right as well
i got the game when it release and enjoyed the little bit ive played but didnt have time to actually play until a few weeks ago and it had me hooked and at this point it is my favorite game in the series for now so i do recommend playing this year only if you are genuinely interested
Did you play Valhalla ? I know it’s not an assassins creed game exactly but would you say it’s better than that
Bro the music in Mirage is the most luxurious in the whole franchise
@@NajiOnTop good to hear, honestly Valhalla was my first assassins creed that I actually owned and played, I liked the mythological gods and all so I don’t know what to expect with this game
@@imjussleeping
If you are still kid that game would be a part of your childhood and you will love it so much
Be yourself and don't listen to people who are spamming about Ezio and Ezio family theme they are so annoying
Live your own way ☺️✨
Mirage is fun but I can’t say I’ve replayed it at all. The music is really incredible, it’s obvious how much thought was put into the musical aspect of the game.
Yes, the Arabic music of the golden age is a luxury and satisfying
I would say yes I got it for half off during the Days of Play and it’s probably my current favorite AC gameplay wise simply because it’s the only true Assassin like AC we have on PS5 that runs at 60fps now if the others ran at 60 other than the RPGs then it would be a different story the story was pretty eh tho
i stopped after a few hours to replay Revelations and it’s so much better in every single way.
After the very dissapointing ac valhalla, sorry, barred door simulator, I hope this one delivers, I was going to begin with the discovery tour and that also was a massive let down, thank god I bought both of them on disscount, and I think I will do the same with shadows, 50 usd for both was not bad, but not full price. Let's see with mirage, at least it has stealth.
Is it worth playing Valhalla it's the only one I haven't played.
@TheMasterNathan25 it's really not, felt like a chore.
It is very unfortunate that it is not available on steam and an Epic/Ubi Connect exklusive. I really want to play at, as it looks aweseome! But since my main driver is my steamdeck these days i really ont want to deal with random other launchers.
Do an all games ranked please 🙏
Hell yeah you should play origins again to get idea how big their map was also the games still got great combat hell most of them do
Never buying any ubisoft game ever.
Something about this game just couldn’t keep my attention, I honestly have no clue why but I’ve tried to play it 4 separate times now and I usually get to the point where I’ve completed the second investigation quest line and I just lose all interest and desire to keep playing.
Easily one of my favorite AC's in the moment. Still play it since launch too lol
I'm glad there is no modern day. After they killed off desmond, shaun and rebecca (no, shaun and rebecca now are not the same people. Fight me.) every modern day has been absolutely DREADFUL
yup I might get it soon always wanted too!
You saved me money. Thanks!
Glad I could help!
Finally got around to playing it last month and really enjoyed it i feel its over hated.
I played 3 hours, the game is crap tbh, dialog is awful. Feels catered to children tbh
Man i feel like brotherhood was cool as hell , i didnt even care about that first one, yea i played it, beat it
But there was nothing to it, kinda husk like in a way, i think it was a physics engine demo type game, not to take away from it, but that second one, was so damn good when it dropped
While Mirage did deliver on the bare minimum feel for an Assassin's Creed game (assassins robes, parkour, killing templars), I feel that it was really far from a "return to roots" and was lacking in so much.
The entire section where Basim is training with Roshan always bugs me because the minute he dives into the sea, the next moment, he is a few days into training. A lot of the "training" was basically just a cutscene montage too. I felt the entire thing was a wasted opportunity. Basim was a street thief who believed in justice for those stomped on, I want to know what the Creed and being an assassin means to him. It was all such a waste. Basim also doesn't really learn anything or change as a person (I'm not talking about discovering the ginni loki thingy)
The parkour, while a slight improvement from Valhalla and aided by the setting, is by no means a "return to roots". People always say that the parkour should follow Unity's but I beg to differ. Unity's parkour was flashy, but the player control and freedom was terrible. If anything, a true return to roots would have followed the parkour mechanics of AC1-ACR. Then, to improve it, add the flashiness of Unity.
As for the story, I felt it was meh at best. Basim's goal is discovering about the Ginni but honestly, I felt that should have been an entire side content/DLC. What made the story of Altair, Ezio and Edward so compelling was discovering what the Creed means to them, what being an assassin means to them, how their lives have changed as a result and how they changed lives as Assassins. Mirage was a perfect opportunity for this as Basim is a street thief. He looks up to the Hidden Ones as people who fight for the oppressed. There are times where he (and Nehal) questions the Creed which I really like, but I wish that had more of an impact and role in the story.
Stealth I feel is the only thing I really liked about Mirage.
For those who are considering getting Mirage, I feel you will enjoy it if you just like the bare minimum feel of being an Assassin, without caring for good writing (You would prob like Unity or Syndicate too to an extend)
I plan to play Mirage after I’m done with LEGO Star Wars the Skywalker saga. Hopefully I can complete mirage before shadows comes out.
It's a 10 hour game like the old assassin creed game, you'll enjoy every hour of it
@@AJ-dx6bnI don’t expect it to be in my top tier list but I hope I enjoyed the game as much as RUclipsr MasterAssassin does. And I’m glad it’s not as overwhelming as Odyssey and Valhalla were.
I really don’t understand why everyone says stealth is good in this game when it s actually awful. Enemy AI is dumb af you can assassinate next to them and they wont notice you somehow, they dont hear anything, social stealth didn t work for me, everytime, even tho i was blended in within the group the guards still attacked me. The parkour is janky and slow, i actually enjoyed valhalla parkour more. Mirage’s parkour drives me crazy sometimes with Basim running in place, not finding a place for his hands on buildings wasting time jumping around everywhere but where i want him to
after playing Valhalla
Mirage does feel Old School AC Game
Ever since They turned ac into an rpg. Its never going to back to what it used to
I actually quite enjoyed playing mirage. Don't get me wrong wasn't amazing but still had some fun elements
Playing on my iPhone and definitely refreshing